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Licence curtailed for safety shortcomings
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A NORTH WALES firm has had its three-vehicle licence curtailed to two vehicles for two weeks after a surprise inspection revealed shortcomings in its safety records.
Christopher and George Evans, trading as George Evans & Sons, Blaenau Ffestiniog, appeared before the Welsh Deputy Traffic Commissioner Fiona Richards Vehicle examiner Gwylm Owen said he had carried out an unannounced maintenance investigation last December because of the firm's poor test history. Since September 2004, five immediate prohibitions had been issued to the firm's vehicles, three of which had been issued at annual test.
During the investigation, Owen found two vehicles to be in a satisfactory condition but there was no forward planning system or driver defect reporting system in place. Mileages were not entered on the safety inspection records. In reply to John Dyne, for the firm, Owen agreed that proper systems were now in place, and that the latest immediate prohibition issued at annual test was the result of a brake diaphragm bursting during the test, which was unlucky. He also agreed it was almost 12 months since the last prohibition was issued and that none of the prohibitions was S-marked (indicating a serious lapse in maintenance).
Dyne said the firm had done everything the vehicle examiner had asked of it.
Undertakings were given that a second pre-MoT inspection would be carried out by an outside contractor, that roller brake tests would be carried out every three months, and that the company's partners would attend an operators seminar.
Curtailing the licence to two vehicles for two weeks, the Deputy TC said the infringements had been serious.